Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Utopia"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2012,
05/2012
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2013,
05/2013
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2013,
05/2013
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2017,
05/2017
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Utopia |
| Ex-names: | Senta |
| Registered port: | Aarhus |
| Nation: | DK |
| Type of rigging: | KETSCH |
| Type of ship: | Lotsenboot |
| Year built: | 1929 |
| Yard: | Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, GER |
| Overall length: | 13.48 m |
| Length (hull): | 10.48 m |
| Breadth: | 3.43 m |
| Draught: | 2.00 m |
| Sail area: | 75 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 26 May 2013
- built in 1929 in Lemwerder, GER at the shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen according to drawings by Colin Archer.
- 1974 general restoration at the shipyard Defraigne in Ostende, BEL; the name in this time was "Senta".
- about 2002 purchased by Sune Blinkenberg, Egernsund, DK; renamed the "Utopia".
- since 2004 owned by the family Tilma, several repairs and overhauls, in 2006 fitted with a new engine.
- since then often participated in international Tallships Races, so in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011.